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Journeyman Geek

01:22

blog.jgc.org/2016/05/what-silicon-valley-easter-egg-code.html

Bob

01:53

@JourneymanGeek is that sfw?

Journeyman Geek

@Bob *some* nsfw language. "In the TV series Silicon Valley there was apparently a snippet of code presented that is part of a compression algorithm. The code (or at least part of it) can be executed and the the program will output:
"

Bob

ah

Journeyman Geek

Dream on "Donkey" hole"

Bob

I'm mostly concerned about images/videos/animations :P

text is fine

assuming not some ridiculous 72pt bold...

reading now

Journeyman Geek

No but the webpage is inefficient ;p

All the text is crowded on 1/3 of my screen, on the right.

Bob

01:59

s/right/left/

:P

Journeyman Geek

Actually, yeah

other right

I wasn't joking about my inability to associate the word and the direction

Bob

> Kerbal is too realistic for Star Wars

Journeyman Geek

@tereško 0_0

Isn't steam just a chrome instance?

HackToHell

02:48

Yeah

So is spotify

Journeyman Geek

04:02

hm

I'm pretty sure this guy is pirating software.

0

Q: Changing OS configuration to 32-bit in Windows 10

Can I change my OS from 64-bit to 32-bit ? I have a game "Hitman 4 Blood Money" which is packed by UHA Compression having a console to Unpack the file, but it works only in 32-bit system but not in 64-bit system. One way is to Install 32-bit Windows 10, but only 64-bit is available in my locali...

XKCD

Ã¢â¬ÅIf you can read this, congratulationsÃ¢â¬âthe archive youÃ¢â¬â¢re you're using still knows about the mouseover textÃ¢â¬Â!

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Bob

@JourneymanGeek ...

his last comment

makes no sense

and/or has so many misconceptions that I don't know where to start

in fact

I'm not even going to bother

32-bit programs work on 64-bit systems but not "CONSOLES" it is console (".bat" file). It has many other files involved in that. after extracting with winuha, all the files are not put in various folders as should be to run the game but the files are extracted as raw files... — Vaibhav Agrawal 2 mins ago

All I can really say to that is "uw0tm8"

Also, that xkcd is amazing

Journeyman Geek

It is.

Bob

05:31

> I’ve actually named accounts solely with emoji and I’m kinda shocked how much doesn’t break when you do that. It’s pretty awesome.

o.O

Rahul Basu

Pirated software... even the bloody Indian government uses it...

Bob

blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20160517-00/?p=93475

LOL Telstra featuring in OldNewThing

Journeyman Geek

@Bob o0

Bob

05:50

blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20160516-00/…

oh boy.

> I will rewrite any article as I see fit. I am an MVP and I help people with issues. Everyone steals on the internet so I don’t see what the big deal is.

And this is why I hate the whole MVP thing. Most of them are braindead idiots.

Well, at least the ones you see publicly posting on MS forums.

Michael Frank

06:12

@JourneymanGeek lol gamesndhacks.com

Journeyman Geek

hm?

Michael Frank

@JourneymanGeek In that guys PDF explaining his problem, the batch file is signed by that URL.

Journeyman Geek

I'm totally missing that

Michael Frank

So yea, he's absolutely pirating software.

NetworkKingPin

Lol he is.

Journeyman Geek

06:21

Oh I missed the second page

Michael Frank

ahhh, yea.

Journeyman Geek

Closed

NetworkKingPin

Good Job @JourneymanGeek crushing the dreams of pirates getting their broken software to work.

Journeyman Geek

@NetworkKingPin heh, its what differenciates us from the rabble ;)

NetworkKingPin

Right the issues they are having would be something they would need to discuss with the uploader.

Journeyman Geek

06:29

yup

I mean, if you're going to pirate, you're going to need to be prepared for the eventuality it won't work

Bob

@MichaelFrank What, the "highly compressed" extremely questionable game delivery mechanism wasn't enough? :P

Michael Frank

06:49

@Bob Oh, I knew instantly. I've pirated enough games in my younger years. It was just amusing that he proved it with his screenshot.

Journeyman Geek

Most og my game piracy was hard copies ;p

good fun. Especially when all the shops suddenly closed cause the police were raiding it.

Bob

3

Q: What kind of computer monitor do I need for a SGI O2?

The SGI O2 has a standard VGA port, but when I connect it to a CRT computer monitor, I do not get a signal. Do I need a specific kind of monitor in order to use the O2?

display sgi

@JourneymanGeek ^

Journeyman Geek

@Bob the answer seems correct

Mine's an octane, and had a 13W3 monitor ;p

tereško

08:11

@JourneymanGeek partially. The UI is using chrome. But you cannot launch it, if it can't find hardware acceleration related stuff.

and mine was also having some conflicts with libstdc++

the hardest part was figuring out why AMDGPU drivers were failing to load

qwertyuiop

!!caat

ChatBot John Cavil

qwertyuiop

@GuitarShoeDave You owns what?

@Nick You're Hikikomori?

Hikikomori

Hikikomori (ひきこもり or 引き籠もり, Hikikomori, literally "pulling inward, being confined", i.e., "acute social withdrawal") is a Japanese term to refer to the phenomenon of reclusive adolescents or adults who withdraw from social life, often seeking extreme degrees of isolation and confinement. The term hikikomori refers to both the sociological phenomenon in general and the people belonging to this societal group. Hikikomori have been described as recluses, loners, or "modern-day hermits." == Definition == The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare defines hikikomori as people who refuse to...

@RahulBasu 'Bra' works fine for me xD

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@Burgi Dunno tbh, just found it while googling for airfence

This is what comes up for speedway crash, which looks slightly different:

Rahul Basu

08:35

@qwertyuiop xD

Bob

08:46

@qwertyuiop oh dammit

I've been Baader-Meinhof'd

qwertyuiop

Huh

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Q: Very ironic and ridiculous

I'm blocked for making questions , because someone think that my previous questions were BAD. But my reputation is increased because my previous questions are taking up-votes. Well , i think it's better or to unblock me for making questions , or you should block that my questions receive up votes...

discussion

Your question is bad and you should feel bad!

NetworkKingPin

HAHA should that be a duplicate?

Bob

More photos brought to you by the Windows lock screen :P

qwertyuiop

09:11

Nice

My Windows lockscreen is just plain blue :-/

Michael Frank

So my laptop has been doing this annoying "Updates are ready to install" thing... except every time I restart to install the updates install and rollback and install and rollback for like 30 minutes. :/

qwertyuiop

Make that 300 minutes and that's what my computer does with Windows 10 every time.

Michael Frank

Only trouble I've run into with while using Win10.

Rahul Basu

srry, wrong vid

Introducing Apple Pencil 2.0 - Parody

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@Bob where are they stored on the PC?

Bob

@RahulBasu %LocalAppData%\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2t‌xyewy\LocalState\Assets

Rahul Basu

09:15

hehehehe

Bob

Can just open them in Paint

Rahul Basu

thanks

Bob

@MichaelFrank The rollbacks are what broke my Win7 system :\

@qwertyuiop Why plain blue?

Michael Frank

@Bob Rolling back from 10 to 7?

qwertyuiop

@RahulBasu If you need a stylus, YOU'VE ALREADY FAILED

Bob

09:19

@MichaelFrank The Windows Update rollbacks after a failed update.

Standard update.

It never completed the rollback.

qwertyuiop

@Bob It's the default that comes out of the box and I've never bothered changing it

Bob

I eventually restored from ~~backup~~ System Restore...

Rahul Basu

@qwertyuiop I've never even used one...

Michael Frank

Oh, that sucks.

Rahul Basu

not that I remember

qwertyuiop

09:19

@RahulBasu My laptop has one

I'VE ALREADY FAILED

Bob

@qwertyuiop Huh. Mine defaulted to the pictures.

Rahul Basu

lol

Bob

@RahulBasu You've never experienced a Nintendo DS? :(

Rahul Basu

Oh... I once used one on a friend's DS

Michael Frank

Installation Failure: Windows failed to install the following update with error 0x80070020: Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1511 for x64-based Systems (KB3156421).

At least it was nice enough to log the event! :P

Bob

09:20

(those styluses scratched the shit out of that screen)

Rahul Basu

@Bob I just remembered

qwertyuiop

!!caaaat

ChatBot John Cavil

Bob

Cake Sings: When She Loved Me - Randy Newman (COVER)

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qwertyuiop

!!learn caaaaat <>http://i.imgur.com/W0lFSjL.jpg

ChatBot John Cavil

09:27

@qwertyuiop Command caaaaat learned

Bob

That voice O_O

qwertyuiop

!!caaaaat

ChatBot John Cavil

qwertyuiop

images.guff.com/gallery/image/…

Bob

Dammit. Now I want to find more vocalists like that... but have no idea how :P

qwertyuiop

09:30

@Bob Spotify?

Bob

@qwertyuiop ...what am I supposed to search for?

qwertyuiop

@Bob It's got a list of similar artists when you look one up

Bob

@qwertyuiop She's not on Spotify AFAIK.

qwertyuiop

Oh

Bob

Just a few covers on YouTube.

And YT's 'related' videos are pretty much useless.

qwertyuiop

09:32

Oh it's not Cake as in the artist known as Cake

Bob

lol

nah

qwertyuiop

open.spotify.com/artist/6A43Djmhbe9100UwnI7epV

Not this cake

Bob

Nah.

qwertyuiop

Damn

Bob

@qwertyuiop I'm reasonably sure they sound nothing alike :P

qwertyuiop

09:35

@Bob Yeah my headphones are plugged into my phone atm, and I'm at the PC so can't listen to it

On the plus side, Spotify's built-in remote control is awesome

Bob

@qwertyuiop YT on phone? :P

qwertyuiop

@Bob That would involve finding and reaching my phone

And opening chat on it

Meh.

Bob

@qwertyuiop It was awesome until I discovered you can't control it from their website :\

qwertyuiop

@Bob They have a website? :-o

Bob

@qwertyuiop Spotify? Yea. Web player.

qwertyuiop

09:36

I've only been using Spotify a couple weeks but the whole time I've been like... Whoah, how have I lived without this for so long, this is soooo much better than piracy.

£0.01 well spent!

Google should make Youtube like Spotify

They can already cast/control from a phone to a Chromecast, they should enable it for phone to PC and vice versa

!!learn meercaaaaaaaaaaaat <>http://i.imgur.com/k38aRgU.png

ChatBot John Cavil

@qwertyuiop Command meercaaaaaaaaaaaat learned

qwertyuiop

!!learn doooooooog <>http://i.imgur.com/44BN2WN.jpg

ChatBot John Cavil

@qwertyuiop Command doooooooog learned

Journeyman Geek

o0

qwertyuiop

09:56

qwertyuiop

10:13

NetworkKingPin

qwertyuiop

@NetworkKingPin What the

That must be a wig

NetworkKingPin

@qwertyuiop thats what im trying to figure out.

Journeyman Geek

looks like a tail

maybe there's another cat?

NetworkKingPin

That is a possibility

Michael Frank

10:25

So we had a fun issue at work today, someone pushed a new CSS file to the IIS server that handles the Citrix Storefronts and 2 out of the 6 Citrix servers stopped working.

Bob

> Citrix

There's your problem.

Michael Frank

What's the alternative?

djsmiley2k

No Citrix?

Michael Frank

That's a terrible alternative... How are the Execs supposed to use their iPad Pros at work?

Journeyman Geek

"Ipad Pros"

There's your problem....

Michael Frank

10:39

They're banking executives, what do you expect? :P

djsmiley2k

oh gawd

Journeyman Geek

ahh

frigging banks

djsmiley2k

For once I'm glad I work for a giant multnational, who doesn't even let the execs BYOD.

except for like 3 of them, and they accept the fact some things 'might not work'

qwertyuiop

10:53

@Bob -_-

のせ猫 x モヒカン　tMohawk cat#1

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It's quite obviously a guy who likes putting wigs on cats

モヒカン猫　Mohawk cat

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Journeyman Geek

11:06

and that ruff

DavidPostill

It's a catskin. The ruff is the tail :/

Journeyman Geek

The stuff around the neck and chest is a ruff

and fake

"a collar, or set of lengthened or specially marked hairs or feathers, on the neck of an animal."

via dictionary.com/browse/ruff

DavidPostill

@JourneymanGeek I meant the thing on the head is a catskin and the tail part of the catskin has been wrapped around the neck like a ruff ;)

Journeyman Geek

0_0

That would be somewhat creepy

DavidPostill

11:32

Harry is up to something.

This was already proposed in the comments. — harrymc 6 hours ago

@harrymc You could have written your own answer based on your comment. You chose not to. — DavidPostill 45 mins ago

@DavidPostill: Oh, I see. Well, I can play that game too. — harrymc 1 min ago

Psycogeek

11:48

I figured out why game developers are so intent on killing me, Microtransactions :-) You gonna pay or DIE!

Journeyman Geek

12:03

@DavidPostill posting answers proposed in the comments?

In some cases it might be an improvement.

Now the funny thing to do would be to fix up the other answer, and point out its identical

DavidPostill

@JourneymanGeek Yeah. Somebody posted an answer based on Harry's comment. Now Harry has posted one too ;)

Journeyman Geek

I really wish he'd get the message about the site being more than bounties.

but shrug Its his (small r) reputation.

DavidPostill

Anyway, the not Harry answer is getting the upvotes ;)

Journeyman Geek

:)

I'm convinced he's misread the question on another bounty, but I've answered there so, wee bit of a conflict of interest there

(and I have more upvotes than him there)

DavidPostill

@JourneymanGeek Linky?

Journeyman Geek

12:12

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Q: What about this special domain "to."

Today I saw this special domain and I'm really wondering. to. How it's possible. Where can I register this type of domains :) Thank you.

internet domain tld

One of the few questions where I can suggest 'pulling off a coup' as part if an answer.

Guitar Shoe Dave

12:23

wow special domain to.?

thats a tld

what's he talkin about

to. = .to

jeeze

!!facepalm

ChatBot John Cavil

Guitar Shoe Dave

I think a better question would be... 'what about this special domain 'in-addr.arpa.'

hehee

DavidPostill

@GuitarShoeDave to resolves but does not have a whois entry ...

Guitar Shoe Dave

to would be equal to .to

likewise for ptr records (they end in periods as well)

DavidPostill

http://to. try it

Guitar Shoe Dave

12:31

its the same as .to

or to

DavidPostill

The top-level domain to itself had an A record and a HTTP server since at least 1998.

Guitar Shoe Dave

yea thats quite funny

im getting a www.to record only

notice that www.to = www.to.

because they're the same thing

DavidPostill

www.to redirects to http://www.emhr.com/

Guitar Shoe Dave

yeah

DavidPostill

Registrar for .to is https://www.tonic.to/

Journeyman Geek

12:38

Interestingly superuser.com. dosen't work

but journeymangeek.com. does

Guitar Shoe Dave

which means that tonic.to owns the entire tld?

DavidPostill

@GuitarShoeDave I presume so

Guitar Shoe Dave

Imagine the damage he could do just by adding a nice CNAME wildcard in there pointing to www.ihatethisonewebsite.com.

Journeyman Geek

@GuitarShoeDave "owns"

they probably paid the tongan government tons of money for the right to administer it

DavidPostill

"Tonic is the Tonga Network Information Center. Since 1995 we have been the national DNS registration authority for the country of Tonga and have provided domain name services to a wide variety of government, commercial, and personal Internet sites."

Guitar Shoe Dave

12:43

'how to take down a website.... own a tld and redirect all client sessions on that tld to some website that you hate via dns'

dangerous

to. 21599 IN SOA tonic.to. hostmaster.tonic.to. 2016052101 43200 7200 2592000 600
to. 21599 IN A 216.74.32.107
to. 21599 IN NS auth02.ns.uu.net.
to. 21599 IN NS tonic.to.
to. 21599 IN NS ns1.iafrica.com.
to. 21599 IN NS colo.to.
to. 21599 IN NS to.cctld.authdns.ripe.net.

Name: mb.tdc.to
Address: 216.74.32.107

brb editing hosts file

DavidPostill

F:\test>nslookup to.
Server:  UnKnown
Address:  192.168.42.129

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    to
Addresses:  64:ff9b::d84a:206b
          216.74.32.107


F:\test>nslookup tonic.to
Server:  UnKnown
Address:  192.168.42.129

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    tonic.to
Addresses:  64:ff9b::d84a:2064
          216.74.32.100


F:\test>nslookup www.tonic.to
Server:  UnKnown
Address:  192.168.42.129

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    www.tonic.to
Addresses:  64:ff9b::d84a:2062
          216.74.32.98

All in the same netblock.

Guitar Shoe Dave

I bet that apache webserver has a vhost for mb tdc to

and if u added it to your hosts file and connected to the site it will display

my transparent internal proxy wont allow it though, but im sure it will work for you

allquixotic

14:19

hi

Simon Sheehan

@allquixotic good morning

djsmiley2k

14:32

yey patching

patch patch patch

I spent the entire shift yesterday pushing patches to machines. Halfed the total of patches outstanding over 90 days

However the reporting is now kinda borked, It shows 127 as the total, yet when you query it there's only 89 lines

Bob

@allquixotic hi

oh, @allquixotic, want to play SoaSE today (later, of course) or leave it for tomorrow?

allquixotic

@Bob I'm up for it tonight, won't have all of my new kit until tomorrow probably

I know, I know, I just ordered it, how is it here already, etc... well, remember how I live right next to a big shipping hub? ;)

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic sorted out the heatsink?

allquixotic

@JourneymanGeek ordered a small one with 4 heatpipes. it's a Cooler Master

Journeyman Geek

Ahh

allquixotic

14:37

the literature says it specifically works well with small form factor cases

Journeyman Geek

heatsinks are something I know little about :(

Prolly will bone up on it on my next build

Whenever that is

Simon Sheehan

@JourneymanGeek Me neither. I just put my first aftermarket CPU cooler on

Bob

@allquixotic isn't it 2-day shipping to all of the US? :P

allquixotic

@Bob nah, this is NewEgg, they said 4-7 days

Bob

ah

allquixotic

14:38

but I ordered it about 50 hours ago or so

don't remember exactly

it was less than 72 hours ago

Bob

I live about as far away from big shipping hubs as possible while still being metro

read: other side of the world

djsmiley2k

Srilanka?

Bob

wrong hemisphere :P

allquixotic

NewEgg's big hub is in Edison, New Jersey, which is much, much further from me than Amazon's hub in Baltimore

Journeyman Geek

Most of the shipping companies are on the other end of the island ;p

allquixotic

14:39

but they might've put it on a plane

> HALETHORPE, MD Friday, May 20, 2016 7:09:00 AM At local FedEx facility
KEASBEY, NJ Friday, May 20, 2016 3:33:12 AM Departed FedEx location
KEASBEY, NJ Thursday, May 19, 2016 9:50:00 PM Arrived at FedEx location
KEASBEY, NJ Thursday, May 19, 2016 8:13:00 PM Picked up
Thursday, May 19, 2016 5:15:00 PM Shipment information sent to FedEx

it took them an entire day to package it up and 16 hours to get it from there to here

Bob

sounds about right

@allquixotic ok, if it's tonight I should proooooobably get some sleep

OTOH I feel like playing another single-player attempt (right now, which of course means almost overnight) -_-

decisions, decisions

allquixotic

@Bob Times of war are upon us.

djsmiley2k

/me looks at this list of machines to be patched

BAD TIMES

djsmiley2k

14:57

@Bob What game? ;/

Bob

@djsmiley2k Sins of a Solar Empire

djsmiley2k

Oh wow

I remember that being released, I still worked in gaming retail back then

Is it any good?

allquixotic

@djsmiley2k No, we just love to play terrible games all the time

That's all we ever play is the worst games ever

Journeyman Geek

;p

@djsmiley2k its deep, and pretty challenging.

allquixotic

it's kind of funny because good defense creates a self-fulfilling prophecy where the AI will tend to simply not attack you ever if you are the strongest defender on your team

so I never get attacked in games with Bob and JMG

even though I am the most capable to repel attacks

djsmiley2k

15:07

D:

Journeyman Geek

SE seems to be down

Simon Sheehan

@JourneymanGeek Indeed, just noticed that too. Good thing chats up haha

Journeyman Geek

We are aware of some users experiencing a Stack Overflow outage. We are investigating now.

Tweeted by StackStatus on May 20, 2016 at 3:13 PM

and

9

Q: Stack Exchanges sites Offline

Are Stack Overflow and Serverfault and other Stack Exchanges sites down ? I get this when trying to access sites:

support

djsmiley2k

2016-05-20 16:13:53:073 1016 b20 AU Triggering AU detection through DetectNow API
2016-05-20 16:13:53:073 1016 b20 AU Can not perform non-interactive scan if AU is interactive-only

Urgh, does this mean automatic updates won't?

/me ponders wtf they have done to this machine

DavidPostill

15:27

@JourneymanGeek Working for me :p

Journeyman Geek

@DavidPostill you missed all the fun

allquixotic

wow, 123 Fahrenheit in India

DavidPostill

Yeah. All ten minutes. Was afk

djsmiley2k

hmmmmmm yup seems I can't actually apply windows updates to this box, it's completely borked

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